Chapter 417
The boy said it was right. Shortly after the carriage drove out of the street, he saw Qiu Cheng's carriage among the crowds and carriages. At this time, he was wearing a hat and a young man was sitting next to him. The two of them were still talking while walking.
"Xiaoshun, you see, the business I found for you is pretty good. It's only a profit of two or three hundred yuan a day. I have made seven or eight thousand yuan this month, but it's more than my uncle's manager."
"I didn't expect that the leftovers could be sold for money, but I always feel a little panicked in this business!"
"I'm so panicked. These are all things that the hotel wants to dump, and no one knows!"
"Uncle, why don't you let me go to Qinghe Hotel to be a clerk or a helper. It doesn't matter if you have less money. You have always taught me to read poetry and be a moral gentleman, but the life you gave me is not as good as a gentleman at all. I am afraid that people will thrust the backbone after they are known."
"Hmph, gentleman, can gentleman eat as food? Look at the past and now, your family eats well and dresses well..."
"Guanzi said that when the granaries are full, they know etiquette, and when they have enough food and clothing, they know honor and disgrace. Mencius said that wealth and honor cannot be lust, poverty and humbleness cannot be moved, and power and force cannot be betrayed. This is called a real man. I, Li Shun, cannot always do these lowly things. When a real man is alive, he should do something and not do something..."
"Bang!" Qiu Cheng slapped the young man on the back of the head.
"If Guan Zi and Mencius were poor all day long, his wife, children and children would suffer and suffer. Look at what they said, a real man... a real man should also eat. Even his wife, children and children cannot support his family, so how can he talk about a real man..."
"Oh, uncle, you are too biased. This will lead me to ruin. I remember that Meng's mother moved three times because she didn't want Mengzi to become a vulgar person who bargained. I met your philandering uncle, and I was destined to be a real man in this life..."
"I will mention the word "A real man" and be careful that I will beat you!" Qiu Cheng raised his whip angrily.
"It's just that I don't want to say it, but I still have to say it in my heart..." the young man muttered.
At this time, Chen Xu's carriage was less than ten feet away from Qiu Cheng's carriage. With people coming and going around, Qiu Cheng and his nephew didn't expect that they would follow the boss who paid him a salary later. Therefore, they talked and walked along the way. Chen Xu and Yu Wuya naturally heard the conversation clearly.
Chen Xu kept laughing all the way and developed a strong interest in the uncle and nephew.
Qiu Cheng drove the carriage and turned six or seven streets and finally came to the entrance of a dilapidated courtyard. A middle-aged woman seemed to have been waiting in the yard. When she saw the carriage coming, she quickly came up and skillfully lifted the tarpaulin covered on the carriage. There were several large tiles on the carriage, all of which were leftover food from the hotel.
The middle-aged woman turned into the house with a basin. After Qiu Cheng and the young man got off the bus, they also moved the leftovers back and forth twice each to the room.
Chen Xu got off the car at the intersection of the street and looked at the situation in the yard from a distance. After more than ten minutes, the middle-aged woman came out with a steaming pot of food, and then walked to a fork in the road dozens of meters away from the yard. There was a snack stall there, and a young woman carrying a child on her back was carrying arranging.
Seeing the middle-aged woman coming with food, a circle of people rushing around, and the young woman quickly started to distribute the food with a pottery bowl, and also received a reminder to collect money.
"My benefactor, this Qiu Cheng seems to be using the leftovers from the hotel for profit!" Yu Wuya stood beside him holding the iron sword and said.
"The water is clear and there is no fish, and there is no disciple when it comes to observation. I asked Qiu Cheng to pour out the leftovers. Unexpectedly, he used it to sell it to his nephew's family for personal gain. However, judging from the situation of this family, he was kind-hearted. Go and take a look!"
Chen Xu took Yu Wuya slowly over. At this time, a pot of hot leftovers had been sold for most of the hot leftovers. It seemed that some chopped green vegetables and radishes were added to it, just like a pot of cooked porridge, and the taste was very good.
"Do you two masters want to have a bowl of food? The porridge in our house is very fragrant..." The young woman carrying the child was busy serving the porridge and collecting money. When she saw Chen Xu and the others coming, she stopped halfway and her face became a little scared.
Because the clothes they wore were obviously different from those around who were drinking porridge with pottery bowls and big gulps, especially Chen Xu, who was wearing a gorgeous brocade robe and neatly combed hair, and a jade pendant hanging around his waist, he looked very ordinary.
The people who were buying porridge in front of the food stall also stopped, and many of them slowly retreated with fear, and the scene suddenly became quiet.
"Don't be afraid, how much does this porridge cost?" Chen Xu asked with a smile.
"Two coins!" The young woman lowered her head and did not dare to look at Chen Xu. The middle-aged woman who had just brought the porridge came over and said tremblingly, "Two sirs, we will go back soon. We will not sell it here. Let's spare us!"
Chen Xu waved his hand: "It's okay, you guys continue..."
"Get out of the way..." Just as Chen Xu was speaking, several soldiers holding long spears passed by the street intersection and then drove the crowd eating porridge. One of the leaders wearing leather armor and crossed the sword walked to the food stall and said loudly: "I'm hungry, please wait for me and have a bowl of fragrant porridge..."
However, after the leader yelled, he found that the atmosphere at the scene was a bit solemn. He looked around and then his eyes fell on Chen Xu and Yu Wuya. Looking at Chen Xu's indifferent expressions and Yu Wuya's disdainful expressions holding the iron sword Yushu, he couldn't help but tremble slightly, then clasped his fists and bowed respectfully to Chen Xu and said: "I don't know the origin of the two sirs?"
"A certain Qinghe Marquis!"
"Click~Click~Click~Click~Click~~"
Before Chen Xu finished speaking, he heard a few crackling sounds of pottery bowls falling to the ground and a soldier's long spear fell to the ground.
"Di Shan, the commander of the East Camp of the Lieutenant's Mansion, met the Marquis of Qinghe!" The leader was stunned for a moment and quickly saluted again.
"Greetings to the Marquis of Qinghe!" The five soldiers also hurried forward to salute.
"Mife's greetings to the Marquis of Qinghe!" The middle-aged woman quickly pulled the young woman to kneel down to the ground and kowtowed. A group of people drinking porridge around her knelt all over the ground, and they were so scared that they didn't dare to show up.
"No gifts, get up!" Chen Xu waved his hand and sighed, knowing that today's private visit to find out the whereabouts of Qiu Cheng, a guy who was stinging outside, could not be kept secret, because at this time he had already seen Qiu Cheng walking towards you from the dilapidated small courtyard, and obviously he had discovered the changes here.
"Hao...Hao..."
After Qiu Cheng approached, when he looked at Chen Xu standing in the crowd, his face was pale and his calves began to turn, and his face was twisted and trembling, and he went up to salute with his teeth.
"Qiu Cheng, you are so brave!" Chen Xu said coldly with a dark face.
"Mr. Marquis forgive me, I will never dare to do it again!" Qiu Cheng was so scared that he almost sat on the ground.
"Hmph!" Chen Xu snorted coldly and said to the sergeant Di Shan, "You continue to perform official duties, and these vendors are all poor and are not allowed to eat for nothing in the future. Otherwise, I will tell Lieutenant Lu, do you know?"
"Here~" the sergeant and several soldiers agreed quickly.
"Manager Qiu comes with me, I have something to ask you!" Chen Xu walked towards the dilapidated small courtyard with a robe. Qiu Cheng wiped his sleeves with his forehead and quickly followed.
"Uncle, what happened?" The young man was also coming out of the kitchen at this time, but after seeing Chen Xu and Yu Wuya, the voice suddenly became smaller.
"Xiaoshun, pay homage to the Marquis of Qinghe!" Qiu Cheng whispered.
"Ah?!" The young man was stunned for a few seconds, then he showed an extremely frightened expression on his face and quickly bowed, "Li Shun pays homage to the Marquis of Qinghe!"
"No gift!" Chen Xu waved his hand and turned to look at Qiu Cheng, "Manager Qiu, tell me, what's going on?"
"Mr. Marquis forgives the crime. It is because his subordinates are obsessed with doing something wrong. They have nothing to do with the sister's family. If Marquis wants to punish him, please punish Qiu Cheng alone!" Qiu Cheng's forehead was sweating and his face was extremely gray.
In this era, the only requirement for the disciples is loyalty.
Although Qiu Cheng did not officially surrender to Chen Xu, as the manager of Qinghe Hotel, he naturally served Chen Xu. If the matter of not following the owner's arrangements and getting a personal bag was spread, Qiu Cheng would no longer have the face to stay in Xianyang. No official, noble, rich, merchant, and government office would want him. This is a moral issue.
Moreover, Daqin is a country with very strict rule of law. If the rule of law is not respected, the orders of the master are scattered, such matters may be imprisoned when they reach the government. If they are stripped of their nationality and become prisoners, they will be completely ruined in this life.
He just sold a few pots of leftover rice and leftovers. Although he was also very concealed and careful, he never expected that he would be caught by the Marquis himself.
This marquis is so idle, it hurts!
Qiu Cheng smiled bitterly in his heart and was instantly ready to accept the punishment of ruin.
"Hahahaha, scare you!" Chen Xu's cold face instantly opened, and he patted Qiu Cheng's shoulder and said, "Okay, Manager Qiu, don't be afraid. Although you did this inexplicably, I am not so idle to cause trouble for a few pots of leftovers. I came with you today purely because of curiosity!"
"Hao...Master...I...I..."
The old hen turned into a duck when his eyes blinked. Chen Xu's face changed so quickly. Qiu Cheng's mind was covered in mud, so he looked at Chen Xu with a confused look on his face, feeling that his tongue was knotted.
Looking at Qiu Cheng's appearance, Chen Xu turned his head and looked around in the yard, and then said with a smile: "I came to Japan today to find a few people with a flexible mind and neat writing. Then Huangfu Que recommended you, so I went to the kitchen to find you. Unexpectedly, you, a kitchen manager, were not good at patrolling and supervising the kitchen, but used your power to seek escorts to help your nephew do these messy things. It seems that it is wrong for me to put you in Qinghe Hotel. Anyway, you are not doing your job properly, so you don't have to do the kitchen manager. Come with me and arrange another errand for you, and be responsible for scattering your legs!"
Qiu Cheng opened his mouth several times, and finally said dejectedly: "Thank you, Marquis!"
"Don't be so discouraged. This errand is more suitable for you. It is guaranteed to be better than being a kitchen manager. Also, it is not a long-term solution to ask your nephew's family to sell leftovers. Once the weather is hot, the food will be rotten quickly. If you accidentally get diarrhea and intestinal diseases, you will be very guilty, so you can't do this in the future!" Chen Xu said with a slightly serious expression.
"Yes!" Qiu Cheng didn't dare to say a word.
"Go back with me. I think the person Huangfu Que is looking for is almost here!" Chen Xu nodded slightly to the young man and walked out of the yard.
"Marty~" the young man hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but catch up.
"What's wrong with you?" Chen Xu stopped and turned around.
"Xiaoshun, don't be rude!" Qiu Cheng quickly scolded.
"It's okay, let him say it!" Chen Xu waved his hand.
"Mr. Marquis, my name is Li Shun. My father used to be a minor official in the Dianke Office. I was influenced by my father and uncle since I was a child. I like to study and have a good understanding of classics, history, and collections. Although I am now a family, I have never found a job to make a living. My uncle also found this place to make a living for us when we see the hardships of our family. So I would like to ask the Marquis not to punish my uncle. If I want to punish, Li Shun is willing to bear it for him!" The young man said with his head down with a blushing face.
"It's okay, I said just now that I won't punish Manager Qiu, so you can rest assured about this matter!" Chen Xu nodded and prepared to go out. After thinking for a while, he turned around and looked at Li Shun, "Since you said that you are familiar with the classics and history, I think you are full of knowledge and your writing skills should be pretty good. So, you can also go with me. If you answer some of my questions correctly, I can also arrange an errand for you, but it may be very hard. I wonder if you can endure hardships?"
"Ah?!" Li Shun and Qiu Cheng were stunned at the same time. After a moment, Li Shun was overjoyed and was excited and bowed down: "Don't worry, Marquis, Li Shun is not afraid of suffering!"
"That's good, let's go together!" Chen Xu climbed into the carriage in the yard and asked Qiu Cheng and Li Shun to rush back to the hotel. As soon as the carriage walked out of the yard, he encountered a middle-aged woman and a young woman who had sold a pot of leftovers and came back with a rice bowl carrying a pottery bowl on his back.
"Brother, where are you and Xiaoshun going?" asked the middle-aged woman anxiously.
"Don't be afraid, second sister, Xiaoshun and I will follow the Marquis to do business. You and Xiaoyun should stay at home and don't go out. Don't sell the remaining food again!"
"Are you going to not sell it in the future?" The middle-aged woman felt like a bolt from the blue and her face turned pale in an instant.
"Well, the Marquis has arranged a new errand for me. The leftovers will be managed by others in the future. Don't worry, the Marquis said he would arrange an errand for Xiaoshun, and your family will not go hungry again in the future!" Qiu Cheng couldn't help but explain.
"Puuu~" the middle-aged woman knelt directly in front of Chen Xu, kowtowed and said with tears in her eyes: "Thank you, the civilian woman!"
"Thank you, the marquis!" The young woman also kowtowed to Chen Xu with her child on her back.
"Get up!" Chen Xu glanced at the two women who had patched the patches on their bodies, and then turned to look at the dilapidated small yard.
Although the situation of this family seems to be much better than when he woke up in Xiaohe Village, in the big city of Xianyang, this situation is not much better than that of Chen Xu's family in Xiaohe Village at the time, and it is definitely the most impoverished state.
So Chen Xu pinched his chin and thought for a while, "Although the leftover food cannot be sold, I will find another business for you in a few days. As usual, setting up a small stall at the intersection of the street can support the whole family's livelihood, and it is clean and hygienic. Let's go!"
After Chen Xu finished speaking, he asked Qiu to take the bus to leave.
Chapter completed!